Chocolate Crème Brûlée
THE RECIPE OF IGINIO MASSARI
TOOLKITS
MIXING BOWL, GRADUATED PITCHER, EGG SEPARATOR, MARISA (flexible
spatula), BAIN-MARIE, KITCHEN TORCH, SPRING-BEATER
Ingredients
200 g cream
200 g milk
100 g unrefined sugar
140 g egg yolks (7 yolks)
1 vanilla bean
200 g plain chocolate
Method
Boil milk and cream with the vanilla bean, then blend in the
chocolate chopped into small pieces. Beat the egg yolks along with
the sugar, then pour over the milk mixture in a planetary mixer's
bowl. Process the blend for 3 minutes, pour into a mixing bowl and
cover with cling-film. The following day, put the blend into
suitable muolds (pyrex saucepans). Bake at 120 °C in the oven for
40 minutes on a baking tin with some water in it. When the crème
brûlée is cooked, dust the surface with sugar and caramelize it
using the flame torch. Repeat this operation 3 times in order to
obtain a crispy sugar crust.